I started looking at that one too when they announced it. C.O.C.K. and B.A.L.L.S. is pretty tempting. I had a chance to test out an aluminum 66 and liked it, so figured I would just go that way.
My plan was buy frame only and build it up how I want it, I'm pretty picky about builds.
Definitely would have been over the budget...
I'm cleaning house and selling all my bikes and making this semi-budgetless. Fox 36, full XO, carbon wheels, etc.
what happened to the RFX?
Parting it out. Frame is listed in the classifieds and the parts (sans fork) are listed in my garage sale listing.
I thought you said you cracked it? I'm not in the market but I'm trying to encourage woody to pick it up.
That was the Burner (XC bike). I had 3 Turners.
What kind of build you doing? I heard they had something like an 80% rejection rate on the first batches of frames
What kind of build you doing? I heard they had something like an 80% rejection rate on the first batches of frames
Yeeeeeeeea. Not sure if that's good or bad. Glad they have high standards or worried that there are issues. Definitely holding on to my warranty card....
I suppose it's somewhat risk free since you're buying new and have the warranty. Only repercussion would be downtime if the frame was getting replaced.
A light trailbike build. Don't hear anything on MTBR. The R stands for retarded and the b does not even stand for borderline.What kind of build you doing? I heard they had something like an 80% rejection rate on the first batches of frames
It was some local chatter, which could have easily been MTBR...I definitely avoid that place. It sounds like Yeti has had a lot more demand for the bike than they were expecting. I have to say that I feel like I got a pretty smokin' deal on a complete. I figure I can just ride it and change a few things as I go.
For the record, my teammate got a '12 575 with the enduro kit with the same thinking as you, but he has been riding the piss out of that thing all year and has not changed a thing. Their builds are good.
Only way to do it in my opinion.
After looking at build kits from nearly every company with a comparable frame (SB66, Covert, Reign, Nomad, Knolly whateveritwas, etc.)....none were what I'd want to be fully happy, especially when dropping $5-7k for a bicycle. A few had solid builds except for something like say the wheels or brakes, but if I'm spending that much on a bike I don't want to have to worry about selling the take-off parts for a decent price and buying what I want. Might as well do it right the first time and have no regrets.
^^^This for me as well.
I'm 6'2" and have been as heavy as 220# (currently ~190#) and have had great success with DT 5 series rims. They used to be called FR5.1D, they're now called EX500, and they're the same rims that come in the EX1750 wheelset (just painted a different color, IIRC). My first pair of the EX1750 spent 3 years on a Yeti 575 getting PISS ridden out of them, and those wheels (same rims) now live on my slalom bike. I've got a new pair of EX1750's on the current Yeti AS-R 5, 2 seasons in and just now needing to get a slight wobble trued out of the rear. Between me and several other friends, we've also had several sets of the 5.1/EX500 rims laced to whatever hubs, used and abused them ad nauseum on our trailbikes, and they seem to just keep going and going.
This photo makes it look crazy long ( you're not the first to say this ). Something about this photo. I do have long legs thou ( full pedaling height for me puts the top of the seat 30 3/4" from the center of the BB.
